LMAO Am i missed something? David Haye is one of the hardest punching heavyweights EVER? Are you on ****ing drugs?!?! STOP taking this ****
I see you're hoping for a last minute career ending leg injury for Usyk that he decides to fight through, because that's the only way Bellew could win. Gassiev, Dorticos and Briedis would send Bellend's head into orbit, Usyk immolates him. Makabu and Haye have always had glass jaws, one got overeager and paid for it, the other was there for the taking. Get a grip.
Haye was past his prime when he lost to Bellew, a prime Haye eats Bellew for breakfast. And Usyk eats both for lunch.
Tony has got all the movement required to........... dodge this fight. It will be a social media masterclass....
Context matters. Bellend's recent named win's are all questionable. Cleverly? Disinterested fighter who was ruined by Kovalev. Makabu? Sure a solid win over a at the time top 10 guy... But one who's a notoriously slow starter. He underestimated Bellew's power and the sturdyness of his own chin and payed for it. Rematch would be 50/50. Masternak? That's probably the best win of his career if you get right down to it(argument for Chilemba). Masternak's a very solid guy who's gave a good account of himself in every fight of his career(even in defeat) like with Kalenga I'd strongly lean towards him erasing this razor thin loss and beating Bellew clearly on points or hell maybe even forcing a late stoppage. Haye is self explanitory... He was physically shot and conned the boxing world twice in 2 fights. Even then he was outboxing Bellew and still a clear class above him when his frail body was temporaily holding up. In short Bellew is an OK fighter who's just had the stars align as far as his career his concerned. Anyone who thinks otherwise DKSAB. Sure we've sold hims short a bit over the years but not by much.... Much of his success is down to luck and circumstance more than anything else.
Bellew doesnt have more power than Briedis or Gassiev and is much lesser fighter skill wise as well.Noone cares that Bellew won twice vs Haye that had no legs to stand on. Im not certain that Bellew is top 10 at Cruiser currently.He might lose against some younger fighters with 10-15 fights @ Cw right now like Okolie or Tabiti but still might win vs shot fighters as Huck and Wlodarczyk. Bellew also might lose easily against top 10-20 fighters at Hw as well like Whyte,Miller,Takam,Pulev and H.Fury Ruiz JR and Parker and so on,stop overrating Bellew only because winning twice vs retired injury prone Haye. Back when Kovalev was undefeated and before facing Ward i think Kovalev mentioned that he might go to the UK next to fight Bellew at Cruiserweight.That fight was about to happen probably but Kovalev got robbed and it all fell through shame.Kovalev brutally knocks out Bellew @ cruiser,same as Beterbiev.
Tony Bellew: ‘I’ll chin Oleksandr Usyk, but it’ll be my last fight ever’: https://talksport.com/sport/boxing/403046/tony-bellew-oleksandr-usyk-last-fight-ever/ https://cdn2.talksport.com/tscdn/talksport/audio/current2017b/talkSPORT-20180724-095233.mp3
I like the way Bellew has progressed throughout his career, but I've seen nothing to suggest he would ever have been able to compete with Usyk. Bellew is a boxer who likes to roll and pick his shots. He needs time to operate effectively. He doesn't have the activity level to keep up with Usyk and he would struggle to get comfortable enough to let scoring shots go.